Daily Inspiration: The Rainbow of Mattie Stepanek

This feature is coordinated by The Post-Standard and InterFaith Works of CNY.

David Pasinski

Born to a mother with a type of muscular dystrophy, two siblings who predeceased him, and himself also so affected, Mattie Stepanek wrote soul searing poetry and died at age 13. President Jimmy Carter eulogized him as the most remarkable person he had ever known. His writing On Being Thankful lyrically thanks God for a perfect day with "a rainbow of my own" but then stuns us in saying it never happened! "But that's OK, God, because I will wait for a rainbow of my own." Can we share such a sense of child-like faith and trust? See that next storm resolved in a rainbow just for YOU!

Dave Pasinski is a Chaplain with Hospice of CNY who believes with Charlie King that, "Our life is more than our work; our work is more than our job."